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Alexus Grynkewich

U.S. General Alexus G. Grynkewich, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) speaks alongside U.S. General Randall Reed, USAF, Commander of the United States Transportation Command (R), during a hearing with the Senate Armed Services committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. The hearing was held to examine the posture of United States European Command and United States Transportation Command. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

NATO rewriting integrated air defense plans for the first time in decades, SACEUR says

Gen. Alex Grynkewich, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe and commander of U.S. European Command, testified Thursday at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.
NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte (R) and Commander, U.S. European Command and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), Alexus G. Grynkewich (L) hold a joint press conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on September 12, 2025. (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Russian drone incursions prompt NATO to initiate new military activity on its eastern flank

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and SACEUR Gen. Alex Grynkewich unveiled Eastern Sentry during a joint press conference on Friday.
This picture shows smoke rising following an explosion during a night mass drone and missile strikes on Kyiv on August 28, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

How the war in Ukraine is shaping NATO’s approach to future fights

Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, shared new details about NATO’s near-term digital transformation plans this week.
(June 26, 2025) An E/A-18G Growler, attached to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 139, launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during flight operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (Official U.S. Navy photo)

US military gets new combatant commanders for Centcom, Eucom

Meanwhile, the Senate Armed Services Committee still hasn’t scheduled confirmation hearings for several other key positions at the Defense Department.
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 06, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump picks new combatant commanders

The commander-in-chief this week nominated officers to lead U.S. European Command, Central Command, Africa Command and Special Operations Command.
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